PrintJune 30, 2007
Warning! This Could Make You SiCKO
Beware! Watching Michael Moore's new documentary, SiCKO, could make you a little queasy. Potential side effects can include nausea, emotional disorientation and a complete disregard for truth. If you plan on going to the movies this weekend, consider taking Dramamine to help cope with the effusive propaganda. To no surprise, Moore makes terrific use of all the elements of good film: scripting, shooting, and scoring. His dull sarcasm and everyman wardrobe cast him as a perfect anti-hero in a beautifully distorted quest to fix the American health care system. But predictably, its wealth of wit is sorely mismatched by scarcity of substance.Right from the start, Moore is committed to making SiCKO more than just a lament about the uninsured. After years of arguing, the Left's position on health care has begun sounding like a one-note tune: uninsured, uninsured, uninsured. To remedy this, Moore tells us in the film's introduction that SiCKO is not about the millions of Americans who lack...(Read Full Article)
